Independent Curators International (ICI) produces exhibitions, events, publications, research and training opportunities for curators and diverse audiences around the world. Established in 1975 and headquartered in New York, ICI is a hub that connects emerging and established curators, artists, and art spaces, forging international networks and generating new forms of collaborations. ICI provides access to the people and practices that are key to current developments in the field, inspiring fresh ways of seeing and contextualizing contemporary art.
Publications
The Ocean After Nature
The Ocean After Nature
Edited by Alaina Claire Feldman. Forward by Renaud Proch. Texts by Negar Azimi, Ursula Biemann, Yonatan Cohen and Rafi Segal, María del Carmen Carrión, Övül O. Durmusoglu, Kodwo Eshun, Patrick Flores, Ed Halter, Ebony L. Haynes, May Joseph, Amanda Parmer, Lisa Le Feuvre, Lucy R. Lippard, Andrey Misiano, Allan Sekula and Noël Burch, Lanka Tattersall, Virgil B/G Taylor, Jordan G. Teicher and Sarah Wang.
Publisher: Independent Curators International (ICI)
Designer: Geoff Kaplan / General Working Group
Softcover, 5 x 7” / 80 pages
ISBN: 9780916365936
$15
EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean
EN MAS’: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean
Edited by Claire Tancons and Krista Thompson.
Publisher: Independent Curators International (ICI) and Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans (CAC)
Designer: Geoff Kaplan / General Working Group
Hbk, 7x 10 in. / 200 pages, color
ISBN: 9780916365899
$49.95
Talking Contemporary Curating
NEW Talking Contemporary Curating
by Terry Smith
Edited by Kate Fowle, Leigh Markopoulos.
Preface by Kate Fowle, Terry Smith.
Published by ICI, Fall 2015
ISBN: 978-0-916365-90-5.
$19.95
Allen Ruppersberg Sourcebook: Reanimating the 20th century
Edited by Allen Ruppersberg, Allen Ruppersberg Sourcebook, Independent Curators International (ICI) and distributed by Distributed Art Publishers (D.A.P.) and Walther König Books, 2014. Foreword by Kate Fowle, introduction by Constance M. Lewallen, design by General Working Group. Softcover, 284 pages. Full Color. 8.5 x 11 inches. ISBN: 9780916365844
$39.95
Martha Wilson Sourcebook
ICI STAFF PICK Specific Object 2011 Publication of the Year. Wilson, Martha, Martha Wilson Sourcebook, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2011. Foreword by Kate Fowle; introduction by Moira Roth; text by Martha Wilson. 272 pages. 8.5 x 11 in., softcover. ISBN: 978-0-916365-85-1.
$25
People’s Biennial 2010
STAFF PICK Fletcher, Harrell and Hoffmann, Jens, People’s Biennial 2010, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2011. Essays by Jens Hoffmann, Harrell Fletcher, Kristan Kennedy, Mary Maxon, Steven Matijcio, Cassandra Coblentz, and Matthew Seamus Callinan. 136 pages. 9.5 x 6.3 in., hardcover. ISBN: 978-0-916365-83-7. $35.00. SALE: $15.00
The Storyteller
STAFF PICK. Gilman, Claire and Sundell, Margaret.The Storyteller, Independent Curators International (ICI), New Yorkm and JRP Ringier Kunstverlag AG, 2010. Essays by Claire Gilman and Margaret Sundell, T.J. Demos, and Okwui Enwezor. 120 pages, 35 color images. 6.5 x 4.5 in., softcover. ISBN: 978-3-03764-086-9.
$15.00
Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports
Bedford, Christopher, Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2009. Essays by Julia Bryan-Wilson and an excerpt from an essay by Judith Butler. 72 pages, 58 color illustrations. 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in., softcover. ISBN: 978-0-916365-81-3.
$22.95
Slightly Unbalanced
Hapgood, Susan, Slightly Unbalanced, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2008. Essays by Susan Hapgood and Susan M. Andersen. 72 pages, 42 color and 3 black-and-white illustrations, 6 x 9 in., softcover. ISBN: 0-916365-78-3. $19.95
The New Normal
STAFF PICK Connor, Michael, The New Normal, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York and Artists Space, New York, 2008. Essays by Michael Connor, Marisa Olson, and Clay Shirky; foreword and acknowledgements by Judith Olch Richards and Benjamin Weil. 72 pages, 33 color illustrations, 7 x 10 in., softcover. ISBN 978-0-916365-79-0. $24.00
Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence
Roca, José, Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, 2007. Essay by José Roca; short story by Bruce Sterling. 72 pages, 37 color and 4 black-and-white illustrations. 8.75 x 9.75 in., hardcover. ISBN: 0-916365-76-9. $24.95
Jess: To and From the Printed Page
STAFF PICK. Schaffner, Ingrid, Jess: To and From the Printed Page, Independent Curators International, New York, 2007. Prologue by John Ashbery; essays by Ingrid Schaffner, and Lisa Jarnot; glossary by Thomas Evans and Brandon Stosuy. 112 pages, 55 color; 35 black-and-white illustrations. 8.5 x 10.5 in., softcover. ISBN: 0-916365-75-1. $29.95